Polish fighters contemplate their future in Wajda’s 1958 film in which the war’s end, far from being a cause for celebration, marks a crisis of identity for their country Polish fighters contemplate their future in Wajda’s 1958 film in which the war’s end, far from being a cause for celebration, marks a crisis of identity for their country T he title of Andrzej Wajda’s 1958 film is taken from lines by the Polish Romantic poet Cyprian Norwid: “Will there remain among the ashes a star-like